Metal(Loid) levels in biological matrices from human populations exposed to mining contamination-panasqueira mine (Portugal)

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 75, Issue 13-15, 2012, Pages 893-908

  Coelho, Patrcia ^a   Costa, Solange ^a   Silva, Susana ^a   Walter, Alan ^b   Ranville, James ^c   Sousa, Ana C A ^d   Costa, Carla ^a   Coelho, Marta ^a   García Lestón, Julia ^e   Pastorinho, M Ramiro ^c,d   Laffon, Blanca ^e   Pásaro, Eduardo ^e   Harrington, Chris ^b   Taylor, Andrew ^b   Teixeira, João Paulo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^e Department of Psychobiology   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; METALLOID; NICKEL; SELENIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TIN; TUNGSTEN;

ADULT; AGED; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL RECOVERY; MINING; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RISK; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SMOKING HABIT; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

AGED; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR; HAIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; METALLOIDS; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; NAILS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISONING; PORTUGAL; SELENIUM;

EID: 84864041081     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2012.690705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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